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I can certainly see locals burning it down if they didn't aslyum seekers there. Burning down property has a long history in Ireland and was used as a tactic in the Irish War of Independence and the following Civil War on a large scale. Burning down tax offices was a tactic used in the former to erode the British ability to rule in Ireland and people are well aware of this sort of history. Burning down homes belonging to the landed gentry or people considered to be pro-British was common and the the British also burnt the homes of people suspected of being nationalists of IRA members. See below for some links:

www.theirishstory.com/2015/11/06/the-burning-of-the-big-houses-revisited-1920-23/

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Cork

I've commented before that the sudden growth in immigration to Ireland is leading to issues like this and that the govt there is out of touch. Many of these rural villages are ethnically homogenous and they are small, some of these villages and small towns only have 1,000 to 2,000 people in them and 70-100 people arriving suddenly is enough to cause major waves in such small communities. The govt. seems out of touch on this issue and as you saw with the rioting in Dublin support for right-wing outlooks has grown and grown.

No, not in the slightest. I am offering a context for why it is occurring. Such events are also likely to keep occurring as matters stand in Ireland. The government seems to imagine however telling people this is very naughty behaviour will stop them doing it and this shows how out of touch they are, especially with rural voters.